New Station!
Starting on January 1, 2021, Truth to Ponder will be heard on KVOH, based in Simi Valley, CA. KVOH is one of the stations of “The Voice of Hope.” The program will air on their shortwave service at 8 PM Pacific Time on the frequency of 9975 kHz. The target area includes Mexico and Central America, most of the Southeastern United States including all of Texas, parts of the Middle Atlantic, Florida, and virtually all of the Caribbean, as well as part of South America. The program will air Monday through Saturday. You can find out more about the Voice of Hope at http://voiceofhope.com.
The Coronavirus Church has done more to separate the “Chrinos” (Christians in name only) from the faithful believers. Here in the United States we have seen a myriad of how various churches have handled the lockdowns and draconian restrictions. Some, whose “mission” has become mostly Social Justice, the Black Lives Matter movement, identity politics, and the celebration of sin, have found their members are vastly more afraid of the Coronavirus than of an Almighty God. The words of Dr. Fauci are far more important, respected, and followed than the Word of God.
If you go back to April, with our “Two Week Pause” to flatten the curve was entering its 6th week, churches attempted to meet the needs of their congregations with “drive-in” services. You might remember an incident in Greenville, MS, where Democrat Mayor Errick Simmons took it upon himself even ban those types of activities as “non-essential.” The idea that Pastor Arthur Scott and Temple Baptist Church were causing a “coronavirus hotspot” by worshiping together over the radio while enclosed in separate cars is not just asinine — it’s unthinkable. The fact that Greenville police gave parishioners $500 tickets — even when those tickets were later dropped — is chilling. When police handed out $500 tickets to Christians at Temple Baptist Church, Pastor Scott recalled, “One of the police officers said the mayor wanted to make an example of our church.” The pastor continued “In Greenville, you can be in your car with the windows rolled down at a drive-in restaurant, but you can’t be in your car with the windows rolled up at a drive-in church service.
When this pandemic is over, I have no doubt that many churches (like many small businesses) will never reopen. Many churches will lose many members from a combination of fear or simply getting accustomed to not being in church. They will become ineffective, and in God’s eyes, “non-essential.” They will be the ones that risk hearing the words of Jesus found in Matthew 7: 21-23. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’” There is no doubt that we are on the precipice of a time of change and tribulation. Are you prepared to live in the persecuted church?
What happened to the first airing? For almost a year, I have been contemplating putting together an additional radio show. For weeks I debated a name and decided to go with “Truth to Ponder.” The next step was to build this simple website you are viewing this post on now. As the pieces started coming together, and airtime on WRMI booked, I set up a tentative start date of August 10, 2020. When I recorded my regular “Your Weekend Show” broadcast I even announced the start date. Well, something happened.
What is the difference between “Truth and Fact?” On the surface that may sound like a silly question, but it is not. About a year ago in Iowa some people snickered when Democrat Presidential Candidate, Joe Bidden, said the following: “We choose truth over facts.” Was that a typical Joe Bidden “gaffe?” When I first heard that my initial reaction was that is was, but then I gave the matter some thought a few months later and reached a different conclusion; it was a “Freudian Slip.”
Let me give you a classic example I have experienced firsthand on several occasions. Many high school graduates and college students toss around terms like “Being Validated,” or all opinions are valid (accept conservative) and you must accept them at face value. I asked a recent high school graduate what that meant, and I was informed that everyone’s opinion is their own personal “truth.” “Really?” I remarked. I then asked the question and said “2 +2 equals 4, is that true?” The answer astounded me. I was told that 2 + 2 can be whatever you want it to be. I said, “So, if I say that 2 + 2 equals 17, is that true?” The answer was “Yes, because that’s your opinion, and your opinion (like the recent graduate’s) MUST be validated. In other words, everyone is entitled to their own truth, regardless of the facts.